Egid Quirin Asam
Egid Quirin Asam (1 September 1692 – 29 April 1750) was a German plasterer, sculptor, architect, and painter. He was active during the Late Baroque and Rococo periods. Egid Quirin Asam was born in Tegernsee, Bavaria, Asam worked mainly together with his brother, the architect and painter Cosmas Damian Asam.
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Egid Quirin Asam
Cosmas Damian Asam · Scanned from "Die großen Deutschen im Bilde" (1936) · Public domain
- Name
- Egid Quirin Asam
- Born
- 1 September 1692
- Died
- 29 April 1750
- Known for
- Sculptures
- Birthplace
- Tegernsee, Electorate of Bavaria
- Place of death
- Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- sculptor · painter · architect
- Movements
- Baroque
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Egid Quirin Asam (1 September 1692 – 29 April 1750) was a German plasterer, sculptor, architect, and painter. He was active during the Late Baroque and Rococo periods. Egid Quirin Asam was born in Tegernsee, Bavaria, Asam worked mainly together with his brother, the architect and painter Cosmas Damian Asam.
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Because of this, their common work is often attributed to the Asam Brothers. Asam died in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg.
Freising, Domberg: Kardinal-Döpfner-Haus. Wenn man vor dem Diözesanmuseum steht, blickt man gegenüber auf die moderne Westseite des Kardinal-Döpfner-Hauses. Links ist eine giebelseitige Wand mit einer großen Bauplane verhüllt. Sie ist dekorativ gestaltet und zeigt Egid Quirin und Cosmas Damian Asam auf den Auslegerarmen zweier Baukräne. (Obwohl die Gebrüder Asam als Baustellen-Profis in ihrem Lebe
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Kirche St. Johannes von Nepomuk, bekannt als Asamkirche (1733–1746), Sendlinger Straße, München. Die Farbigkeit der Fassade ist bemerkenswert: Die Konsolen des Konsolgesimses unter dem Giebel sind rot von dem aufliegenden Gesims abgesetzt. Die weißen Putti des Frieses halten goldgelb gefärbte Attribute. Das Portal und das große Fenster sind – mehrfach gestaffelt – in verschiedenen Grau-, Grün-, Ro
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Egid Quirin Asam • Born — 1 September 1692 • Died — 29 April 1750 • Known for — Sculptures • Birthplace — Tegernsee, Electorate of Bavaria • Place of death — Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg • Style — Late Baroque and Rococo • Illustration — Asam Church in Munich • Illustration — Interior of the Asam Church • Illustration — Window over the high altar in the Asam Church
Biography
Biography
Egid Quirin Asam was born on 1 September 1692, in Tegernsee, Bavaria, and baptised the same day. His father was Hans Georg Asam (1649–1741) and his mother was Maria Theresia Asam. Among his eight siblings were Cosmas Damian Asam and Maria Salome Asam.
Major works
Major works
The Asam Brothers, singularly and together, were very prolific artists. Some of their major works were:
Bavaria
Bavaria
• Aldersbach—Monastery Church of Mariae Himmelfahrt (stucco of swirling garlands and capitals and pillars in the Italian Baroque tradition) • Benediktbeuern—Church of St. Benedikt (silver reliquary of St. Anastasia) • Freising—Dom St. Maria and St. Korbinian (rococo paintings and stucco) (1723–1724) • Freystadt—Pilgrimage Church of Maria-Hilf (frescoes) • Fürstenfeldbruck—Monastery Church of the Ascension of the Blessed Virgin (side altars and high altar) • Munich—Franciscan Monastery Church of St. Anna im Lehel (altars) • Munich—Catholic Church of St. Johann Nepomuk (Asam Church) (built and decorated entirely by the Asam Brothers) (1733–1746) • Munich—Parish Church of St. Peter (furnishings) • Osterhofen Abbey—Papal Basilica of St. Margaretha (stucco and high altar) • Regensburg—Benedictine Monastery Church of St. Emmeram (stucco) • Rohr—Monastery Church of Assumption (high altar) (c. 1717) • Sandizell—Parish Church of St. Peter (high altar) • Straubing—Urselinenkirche (architect) • Weltenburg—Monastery Church of St. George and St. Martin (stucco, high altar, side altars) (1716–1724)
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg
• Mannheim—Jesuit Church of St. Ignatius and St. Francis Xavier (ceiling and dome paintings, now destroyed) • Meßkirch—Johann Nepomuk Chapel in Basilica St. Martin (decorations) (1733–1734)
Austria
Austria
• Innsbruck—Innsbruck Cathedral (Dom zu St. Jakob) (rococo stucco) (1722–1723)
Life and career
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1692
Egid Quirin Asam born at Tegernsee.
1732
Sankt Maria de Victoria (Ingolstadt) is dated 1732.
1750
Egid Quirin Asam died at Mannheim.
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These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Hitchcock, Henry-Russell. Rococo Architecture in Southern Germany. Phaidon. 19–20. 1968. 9780714813394.
- 2.Manca, Joseph. 1000 Sculptures of Genius. Sirrocco. 511. 2007. 9781844842155.
- 3.Hitchcock (1968), pp. 19-22.
- 4.Bazin, Germain. The History of World Sculpture. New York Graphic Society. 410. 1968.
- 5.Hitchcock (1968), p. 232.
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His recorded language was German. He was the child of Hans Georg Asam. Recorded as sculptor, painter and architect.
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Sankt Maria de Victoria (Ingolstadt)
1732
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